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Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms

700s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

The stunning pattern of palmettes within diamond-shaped compartments is still visible in this rare four-color silk, despite its fragile state. Small human faces within circles appear at the points of the diamonds.

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  • Title: Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms
  • Date Created: 700s
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 34.9 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.)
  • Provenance: reportedly acquired in Egypt; (Mme. Paul Mallon, Paris).
  • Type: Textile
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.91
  • Medium: Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
  • Department: Textiles
  • Culture: Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
  • Credit Line: Gift of The Textile Arts Club
  • Collection: T - Coptic
  • Accession Number: 1951.91

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